Tranexamic-acid

Tranexamic acid for traumatic hemorrhage.

TBE-CiTE Journal Club: January 17, 2012, with the participation of the following institutions: Trauma Research Program of the Department of Surgery of the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Division of Trauma Surgery, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil. 1.Fellow, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; 2. Professor...

[Tranexamic acid in orthopedic surgery].

Perioperative bleeding may require blood transfusions, which are sometimes not without complications and risks, with the subsequent increase in health care costs. Among other prevention methods, treatment with tranexamic acid (ATX) has shown to be effective in reducing surgical blood loss, especially in the immediate postoperative period. In this regard, studies evaluating ATX in orthopedic sur...

Tranexamic acid: a clinical review.

Blood loss and subsequent transfusions are associated with major morbidity and mortality. The use of antifibrinolytics can reduce blood loss in cardiac surgery, trauma, orthopedic surgery, liver surgery and solid organ transplantation, obstetrics and gynecology, neurosurgery and non-surgical diseases. The evidence of their efficacy has been mounting for years. Tranexamic acid (TXA), a synthetic...

Does tranexamic acid stop haemoptysis?

A best evidence topic in thoracic surgery was written according to a structured protocol. The question addressed was 'Does tranexamic acid stop haemoptysis'? Altogether 49 papers were found using the reported search strategy, of which 13 represented the best evidence to answer the clinical question. The authors, journal, date and country of publication, patient group studied, study type, releva...

Tranexamic acid for surgical bleeding.